Command performance
When people get around to prioritizing Old Testament scholars of this generation who have made significant contributions to textual interpretation for the guild and for the church, it is likely that Patrick Miller’s name, like that of Abu ben Adam, will lead all the rest. Miller offers a rare combination of historical critical acumen of the sharpest kind and an acute hermeneutical capacity. Beyond that, even rarer, he works with an anchor of theological sensibility that keeps his focus on the main issues.